Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Chess club — Henderson/Vance Chess Club meets at First United Methodist Church 6 to 9:30 p.m.; open to the public; for more information, call Rudy Abate at (252) 438-4459, daytime, or (252) 738-0375, evenings.

Shrine Club — The Henderson Shrine Club meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Henderson Masonic Lodge No. 229, 401 Brodie Road; dinner will be served; meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.; event is open to members and visiting nobles.

Warren Democrats — The Warren County Senior Democrats meet at 1 p.m. at the Warren County Senior Center; an election for officers will be held; all active members may vote; the meeting is open to democrats of all ages.

FRIDAY

Weight loss group — TOWN ( Take Off Weight Now ), a nonprofit weight loss group, meets at 11:30 a.m. at Aycock Recreation Center.

American Legion — The American Legion Post No. 60 meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Legion Hut; all members requested to attend.

Sale for Autism — A garage and bake sale for autism will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at 943 W. Andrews Ave., in the Crossroads Shopping Center; the sale will continue Saturday; all proceeds will be donated to the Autism Society of North Carolina.

SATURDAY

Sale for Autism— A garage and bake sale for autism will begin at 8 a.m. at 943 W. Andrews Ave., in the Crossroads Shopping Center; all proceeds will be donated to the Autism Society.

TRIAD — The TRIAD Chapter meets at 11 a.m. at the Henderson Institute Historical Museum on Rock Spring Street; officers will be nominated and installed; any member in good standing can be nominated for office at the meeting.of North Carolina.

MONDAY

DAV — Chapter 97 of Disabled American Veterans, consisting of Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties, meets at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of every month at the Vance County Senior Center, 126 S. Garnett Street; all members are encouraged to attend.

Beekeepers Association — The Kerr-Tar Beekeepers Association meets at 7 p.m. at the Vance County Cooperative Extension Office, 305 Young Street, Henderson; the meeting is open to the public.

Masonic Lodge — Beacon Light Masonic Lodge No. 249 meets at 7 p.m. at 1204 West Andrews Ave. for regular communication on the second Monday of every month; members should wear Masonic dress; for more information, call (252) 915-9391.

Knitting club — The knitting club at Perry Memorial Library meets from 1-3 p.m. in the board room; knitting, crocheting and other crafts involving strings and yarn; free program; open to the public to work on crafts or to attend and learn.

Community Watch — The White Oak-Lakeview Community Watch group meets at 6:30 p.m. in the chapel of Flowers Funeral Home in Henderson; Tom Spain of the Kerr Lake Regional Water Treatment Plant will be the speaker.

Genealogical Society — The Vance County Genealogical Society meets at 6:30 p.m. in St. John’s Episcopal Church in Williamsboro; the Rev. Don Lowery of The Church of the Holy Innocents will present a program on the history of the church; the meeting is open to the public.

Thornton Library — Dr. Gerald Prokopowicz will present a program at 1:30 p.m. at Thornton Library entitled “Who Freed Who?”; the lecture will be based on his book, “Did Lincoln Own Slaves? and Other Frequently Asked Questions about Abraham Lincoln.”

TUESDAY

Mental health plan — The Cardinal Innovations/Five County Community Operations Center’s Consumer and Family Advisory Committee meets at 6 p.m., at the Warren County campus of Vance-Granville Community College, 210 Ridgeway St., Bldg. 4, Room W432, Warrenton; consumers may attend and sign up to discuss issues from 6:15 to 6:30 p.m.; for more information, call (252) 430-1330, ext. 3025 or 3050.

JUNE 12

Chess club — Henderson/Vance Chess Club meets at First United Methodist Church 6 to 9:30 p.m.; open to the public; for more information, call Rudy Abate at (252) 438-4459, daytime, or (252) 738-0375, evenings.

Breastfeeding Support Group — the Maria Parham Medical Center Breastfeeding Support Group meets from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Center for Rehabilitation conference room in the Brodie-Waddill Building; group led by a lactation consultant from Maria Parham; free and open only to active breastfeeding mothers and their babies; for questions, call (252) 436-1414.

JUNE 13

Weight loss group — TOWN ( Take Off Weight Now ), a nonprofit weight loss group, meets at 11:30 a.m. at Aycock Recreation Center.

Western Vance — Western Vance High School’s graduation ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. in front of the school.

JUNE 14

Fish Fry — The North Carolina Youth Athletic Corporation fish fry is from 2 to 6 p.m. at The Church of the Holy Innocents, 210 N. Chestnut St.; plates are $6.50 each.

Northern Vance — Northern Vance High School’s graduation ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. on the school football field.

Southern Vance — Southern Vance High School’s graduation ceremony will take place at 8 a.m. in the school stadium.

Warren High — Warren County High School’s graduation ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. at Warren County Middle School.

Warren New Tech — Warren County New Tech High School’s graduation ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Warren County High School Gym.

J.F. Webb — J.F. Webb High School’s graduation ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. on the school athletic field.

Thornton Library — Silvanus Slaughter will perform special arrangements of Civil War era songs at 1 and 3 p.m. at Thornton Library.

JUNE 16

NARFE — Chapter 2289 of the National Association of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets at 9 a.m. at Crossroads Family Restaurant, 946 W. Andrews Ave.; Richard Pulsifer will present a program on consumer fraud, identity theft and mass marketing fraud; reservations are not required.

JUNE 17

Masonic lodge — The Henderson Masonic Lodge No. 229 meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the lodge, 401 Brodie Road, Henderson; meal is served at 6 p.m.; stated communication at 7 p.m.; open to lodge members and visiting Master Masons.

Board of Health — The Granville-Vance District Board of Health meets at 7 p.m. at the Vance County Health Department, 115 Charles Rollins Road, Henderson.